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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?
(a) He was from Seattle.
(b) He was kind.
(c) He spoke English.
(d) He was against the war.

2. Why were people in San Francisco panicked after Pearl Harbor, according to Dennis Keegan?
(a) They believed Japanese spies had infiltrated the city.
(b) They believed the government would draft all young men.
(c) They believed the Germans would attack them next.
(d) They believed the Japanese would attack them next.

3. What right for ex-felons did John Abbott win in the Supreme Court?
(a) The right to vote.
(b) The right to work for federal agencies.
(c) The right to marry.
(d) The right to gather in meetings.

4. Under the Geneva Convention, what type of work did prisoners of war not have to do?
(a) Spying.
(b) Farming.
(c) Road repair.
(d) Manufacture of war material.

5. How does Robert Rasmus feel about life's problems since the war?
(a) They're all what he was trained to face.
(b) They're all major by comparison.
(c) They're all minor by comparison.
(d) They're all easier to handle because of that experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ursula Bender feel about the war as a six-year-old child?

2. How does Dellie Hahne believe military wives were regarded?

3. Why were the Japanese pleased when American officers chose their homes to occupy?

4. What does Lekachman believe World War II veterans feel about their war experiences?

5. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?

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